Remote Exercise Program for Rural Men

University of South Carolina

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Rural Health

Treatments: Behavioral: Delayed Remote Physical Activity Program (6 weeks); Behavioral: Remote Physical Activity Program (12 weeks)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07224217

STUDY00000136

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to examine the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a remote physical activity intervention designed for rural inactive men.

Full description

The proposed study is a pilot randomized controlled trial that will randomize participants to either 1) Immediate intervention, which consists of a 12-week physical activity program or 2) Delayed Intervention, which participants will be assigned to a 6-week abridged version of the program at the end of 12 weeks. Both versions of the physical activity program will provide participants a platform to report their exercise weekly, behavioral lessons, and receive personalized feedback on activity levels. The primary endpoint is to examine the feasibility and acceptability of the 12-week program by evaluating recruitment and retention rates, completion of phone calls, adherence to physical activity self-monitoring, and program satisfaction at 12-weeks. Preliminary efficacy will be assessed by changes in moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), steps/day, health-related quality of life, self-efficacy, self-regulation, and supportive accountability at the end of 12-weeks.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Identify biological sex as male
• Engage in less than 90 minutes of self-reported moderate intensity exercise
• Ability to read and write in English
• Primarily living in a rural jurisdiction defined by 1 of the 7 more widely used definitions of rurality by the United States government
• Ability to walk independently for at least one block

Exclusion criteria

• Have a medical condition that could be made worse with a change in physical activity
• Plans to relocate from primary residence within 3 months of signing up for study
• Not willing to wear physical activity monitor for 7 days or complete surveys
• Less than 4 valid days of activity monitor wear time at baseline assessment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Immediate

Experimental group

Description:

Receive intervention immediately after randomization

Treatment:

Behavioral: Remote Physical Activity Program (12 weeks)

Delayed

Other group

Description:

Start intervention after 12 week assessment

Treatment:

Behavioral: Delayed Remote Physical Activity Program (6 weeks)